Beyond Philosophy

DECEMBER 20, 2019

I have been in the Customer Experience industry since before there was such a thing. When I founded Beyond Philosophy back in 2002, no one was talking about Customer Experience. Then, things changed, and over the next decade, it changed from no one talking about Customer Experience to everyone talking about it.

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Beyond Philosophy

OCTOBER 12, 2016

When you make something personal for a customer, you start to create an emotional relationship with your product or service. And as I have been saying since 2002 when I started up my Customer Experience Consultancy, emotions influence over half of any Customer Experience outcome.

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Beyond Philosophy

DECEMBER 25, 2021

This new year also coincides with the 20 th anniversary of me founding my global Customer Experience Consultancy, Beyond Philosophy and publishing my first book on the subject, Building Great Customer Experiences (Palgrave Macmillan, 2002). Key Ideas to Improve your Customer Experience.

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Beyond Philosophy

JANUARY 22, 2022

I started Beyond Philosophy 20 years ago when Customer Experience was the next big thing; the new concept that was going to change everything in business. The last big thing, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), was old news. Now, in 2022, I see the next big thing: Customer Science. Please tell us how we are doing!

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Beyond Philosophy

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

I recently participated in a Customer Experience Day webinar with two other leaders in our field, Joe Pine and Lou Carbone. I learned a few things that I would love to share with you, and discussed on my most recent podcast , regarding where we are now with Customer Experience and, perhaps more importantly, where we are heading.

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Beyond Philosophy

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

Twenty years ago, in January 2002, I established my global Customer Experience consultancy, Beyond Philosophy. This year, the Financial Times recognized us as one of the best management consultancies for the fourth year in a row. Many years ago, I decided to be a conference speaker on Customer Experience.

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Beyond Philosophy

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

Back in 2002, I spoke with Ian McAllister, former Chairman and Managing Director of Ford Motor Company, Ltd., in the UK for my book, Building Great Customer Experiences (Palgrave Macmillan, 2002). If you don’t know what is essential to customers visually, then find out.

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Beyond Philosophy

SEPTEMBER 13, 2019

In the early days of our global Customer Experience consultancy, Wilde’s statement sums up the marketing efforts for my brand. We started back in 2002, when nobody knew who we were, or, frankly, what a Customer Experience was. Do you and your marketing team know the answer?

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Beyond Philosophy

APRIL 20, 2023

Expanding Too Quickly Around 2004, I made the mistake of thinking that my global Customer Experience Consultancy was about to experience rapid growth. At this point, I had done little more marketing for my Customer Experience consultancy than writing and marketing the books.

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Beyond Philosophy

DECEMBER 6, 2019

When I started Beyond Philosophy back in 2002, I could ascertain whether a company was customer-focused or not right away. This answer became my second book, Revolutionize Your Customer Experience , which explores how the culture of a company reflects how customer-centric the organization is.

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Beyond Philosophy

JULY 20, 2021

While we can’t predict they will do the same for you with certainty, we feel that they will be helpful in the pursuit of your career goals for yourself and your Customer Experience management goals for the organizations. The Experience Economy: Competing for Customer Time, Attention, and Money.

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Beyond Philosophy

DECEMBER 11, 2020

When I was in corporate life, my boss asked me to improve the Customer Experience and do it for the least cost. what is a Customer Experience?” This idea was revolutionary in that day, but today, the business world has more or less accepted that emotions are a significant part of interactions with customers.

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Beyond Philosophy

DECEMBER 30, 2021

Twenty years ago, at this time of the year, I started my global Customer Experience consultancy, Beyond Philosophy, and published my first book on the subject, Building Great Customer Experiences (Palgrave Macmillan, 2002). Customer experience is declining as a driver of change. .

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Beyond Philosophy

MARCH 29, 2017

Forbes once described the omnichannel experience as the point where “ marketing meets ubiquity ,” an apt description. Building on the Forbes concept, I say your brand promise delivered through excellent Customer Experience is what is ubiquitous. John Lewis has a great reputation for excellent Customer Experience.

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Beyond Philosophy

MARCH 16, 2023

I’ve followed the American Customer Satisfaction Institute (ACSI) results since I started Beyond Philosophy in 2002. When you consider all the resources organizations and individuals have put into customer experience and the voice of the customer, I wonder… was it worth it? Guess what? So, how can this be?

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Beyond Philosophy

FEBRUARY 20, 2017

And unless you recognize its power, you may make critical mistakes with your customer experience. As described by Professor Daniel Kahneman of Princeton’s Woodrow Wilson School (and winner of the 2002 Nobel Memorial Prize for Economics), we have a tendency to evaluate things in terms of gains and losses.

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Beyond Philosophy

MAY 3, 2018

How big does a company need to get before it is too big to care about Customer Experience? If this week’s news is any indication, telecom customers in the U.S. We all can see from surveys like this (#2), or this one (#6), Customer Experience has been a significant area of concern for many CEOs recently.

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Beyond Philosophy

JULY 6, 2016

As a Customer Experience consultancy, Beyond Philosophy , we have worked in China on a few occasions. We learned a few things about what to do and what not to do there, as it pertains to Customer Experience. China is still in the early stages of Customer Experience discovery.

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Beyond Philosophy

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

So, what is Customer Science? Like any embryonic change, Customer Science is evolving and emerging, like Customer Experience did over the years. In my view, Customer Science is the fusion between technology (mainly AI), behavioral science, and data. There are a few out there, but not an overwhelming amount.

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Beyond Philosophy

JANUARY 8, 2018

Having worked in Customer Experience since 2002, I may be too much of a purist. However, for a while now, I have been writing about the decline and dilution of the discipline of Customer Experience. From changing titles but not behavior to a poor understanding of what customers want, the trends are troublesome.

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COPC

MARCH 24, 2020

a global consulting firm that helps companies improve operations to optimize the customer experience, announces the immediate virtualization of consulting, training, certification and Vendor Management Organization (VMO) services. Customer Experience Consulting Services. Customer Experience Training.

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Beyond Philosophy

JANUARY 16, 2018

Customer-centricity, in short, is not pervasively ‘people first’. To be a truly ‘people first’ enterprise, making both employee experience and customer experience an obsession, culture and operational processes are critical. Only a culture of stakeholder-centricity can be defined in that way. when making decisions.

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Beyond Philosophy

AUGUST 10, 2016

It parallels a shift in the overall mindset of consumers in this area, one of a more commanding and capricious customer. In other words, the Customer Experience matters here more than it did even a couple of years ago. Much of this value derives from how your Customer Experience makes them feel. Are you ready?

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Beyond Philosophy

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

Finally, we discuss that once you have a Price Image, what you can do with it from a Customer Experience standpoint. The scuffed floors and cardboard boxes communicate messages about the experience without being explicit. Subconscious signals your experience gives are vital to the outcome of your Customer Experience.

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Beyond Philosophy

SEPTEMBER 24, 2015

Several years ago, Professor Daniel Kahneman, winner of the 2002 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences, looked closely at the idea that our minds have two systems of thinking in his book, “Thinking Fast and Slow”. The post 3 Dangers of Employing Smart People appeared first on Beyond Philosophy | CX Consultants | Customer Experience.

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Beyond Philosophy

NOVEMBER 20, 2015

I had just finished a big project on improving our Customer Experience (in the year 2000), before the words Customer Experience were even a term. A second journey to establish a consulting company based on Customer Experience. Since 2002, I have learned some truths about starting my own business.

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Beyond Philosophy

JANUARY 27, 2022

As the new wave of Customer Science comes in, the old tide of Customer Experience (CX) is receding. I have seen it before with other influential business concepts, like Total Quality Management, Business Re-engineering, and Customer Relationship Management (CRM). I thought I had felt this way before. .

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Beyond Philosophy

JUNE 20, 2016

I reached the exalted heights of SVP leading a team of 3,500 people globally before I left to start Beyond Philosophy, a customer experience consultancy, back in 2002. I spent my days trying to improve the customer experience and being thwarted at every point by people who have their own agendas.

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Beyond Philosophy

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

When I started Beyond Philosophy back in 2002, nobody knew us. At Beyond Philosophy, we have always tried to be at the cutting edge of Customer Experience, pushing the boundaries. In my first book, I wrote about customers’ emotions and the emotional experience. appeared first on Customer Experience Consulting.

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Beyond Philosophy

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

In January, I was surprised and disappointed that research from Nunwood and Forrester, two significant firms in the Customer Experience movement, showed that Customer Experience was flatlining. Colson believes that in these times, human interaction and service takes on a renewed value for your Customer Experience. .

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Beyond Philosophy

OCTOBER 14, 2021

Diversity can be defined in many ways, but in this case, I mean different opinions and experiences within a group. At our global Customer Experience consultancy, we have a multinational team. When we first started with Beyond Philosophy in 2002, we worked with a water utility in the UK. Subscribe today right here.

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Beyond Philosophy

MAY 12, 2015

Psychologist and Professor Daniel Kahneman , winner of the 2002 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences, explains why this is in his book, “ Thinking Fast and Slow ”. Colin Shaw is the founder and CEO of Beyond Philosophy , one of the world’s first organizations devoted to customer experience.

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Answer Dash

OCTOBER 15, 2018

In addition to tried-and-true foundational practices, our group of professionals shared their insights into new ways of approaching demand generation, improving content marketing, and leveraging early forms of machine learning and AI — all within the framework of a vastly expanded appreciation of the central role of the customer experience.

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Beyond Philosophy

JANUARY 7, 2016

We have had a significant increase in the number of organizations contacting us for help with their Customer Experience program. In many cases the initial focus on Customer Experience and new customer measures, like Net Promoter, delivered some improvements but they have been short-lived. My Prediction.

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Customer Relationship Metrics

MAY 8, 2017

What is the best survey method for collecting the customer experience measurement? Your customers must be able to easily understand, to remember, and to correctly apply the scale to their experience. Automated post-call survey programs also need to have the element of speed for the customer. References.

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Beyond Philosophy

JANUARY 7, 2016

We have had a significant increase in the number of organizations contacting us for help with their Customer Experience program. In many cases the initial focus on Customer Experience and new customer measures, like Net Promoter, delivered some improvements but they have been short-lived. My Prediction.

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Chip Bell

JANUARY 22, 2019

In a 2002 study performed in Sweden , researchers confirmed what our grandmothers already knew—people respond in kind to the facial expressions they encounter. David Nielson brings over four decades of corporate, Fortune 500, and private consulting experience in organizational change management, leadership development, and training.

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